| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 451 | |
| Title: | ROMAN HANDS | |
| MARBLE SATYR HEAD JOINS S 2010 2 | ||
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Object Number: | 451 | |
| Old Number: | S-2010-2 voided | |
| Description: | Head, less than life size, hair is confined by band, outside of which it ends in a series of rich locks; in the back a flat mass apparently fell on the shoulder. Coarse work. S-2010-2 preserves part of the right eye, nose, left eye and most of the mouth, plus most of the brow, hair and the left ear. Some locks over the central forehead are missing. The head is identified by A. Ajootian as a small-scale version of the Praxitelean Resting Satyr type. It may belong with S-918, a torso of the same sculptural type. | |
| Mythology: | Satyr | |
| Material: | White marble | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Two joining frgts, one from Early Excavations, joined to S-2010-2 by Aileen Ajootian on June 24, 2011. S-451 preserves all of face except rt cheek and part of rt eye lacking. S-2010-2 preserves upper lf side of face and head that was missing. | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.18 | |
| Area: | Early Excavations | |
| Context: | NB18 P28 | |
| Nezi Field, context 6841 | ||
| Findspot Description: | S-451 found in Peribolos of Temple C area, to west of track cut, opposite "A", less than a meter below the surface (see plan). | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth IX, p. 27, no. 18. Johnson identifies it as Apollo. Ridgeway, Hesperia 1981, p. 442 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Ridgway, Hesperia 50:4, 1981 Monument: Early Excavations Images (5) Basket: NB18 P28 Basket: Nezi Field, context 6841 Notebook Page: NB 18, spread 19 (p. 29) Notebook Page: NB 26, spread 14 (p. 19) |
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